The Zen of Drinking Alone

Re:The Zen of Drinking Alone by coldtea on Saturday January 15, 2022 @07:23PM (#29951946)

>* Drinking alone helps you understand yourself better.

- No it doesn't. It distracts you from that endeavor. If you sit at a table with no TV or phone and do nothing, you will have a significantly more interesting and honest dialog with yourself if you are sober.*

This pre-assumes you can have a honest dialog with yourself sober.

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Re:The Zen of Drinking Alone by deepvibrations on Saturday January 15, 2022 @07:27PM (#29951980)

If you can't, then i don't think alcohol is the solution here tbh.

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Re:The Zen of Drinking Alone by d-yakovlev on Saturday January 15, 2022 @08:49PM (#29952488)

Sure, it's not a solution in and of itself. It's useful to destabilize you from well-rehearsed thought patterns, though - and if you manage to hit the Ballmer Peak of soggy introspection, maybe you can manage to make some progress.

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Re:The Zen of Drinking Alone by tasha0663 on Sunday January 16, 2022 @12:09AM (#29953572)

There are definitely times when something that seemed like inconsequential bullshit a few rounds deep was revealed to be just that upon reflection while sober. Unfortunately it's a fine line to walk.

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Re:The Zen of Drinking Alone by SamoyedFurFluff on Sunday January 16, 2022 @09:54AM (#29956428)

This sounds like an opportunity to put the beer money towards a therapist for the same effect.

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Re:The Zen of Drinking Alone by aidenn0 on Sunday January 16, 2022 @03:53PM (#29959896)

Booze is much cheaper.

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